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Honolulu, HI (Mar. 14, 2012) – Water dispensers at all Down to Earth locations now offer alkaline purified drinking water at the special introductory sale price of $1.49 per gallon (Reg. $1.99 per gallon). The sale price for alkaline water is effective from March 15th through April 11th. Standard purified water continues to be offered at $0.50 cents per gallon. Purified water is fresh, clean water that keeps your body hydrated and running smoothly without the effects of harmful chemicals that can pose a threat to your health.

Join us for free lectures on Hawaiian Spirulina. One serving of Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica® has the same levels of anti-oxidants, enzymes, vitamins and minerals as 5 servings of fruits and vegetables and more nutrition than any other single whole food.

Honolulu, HI (Dec. 17, 2011) – This January Down to Earth will kick off the New Year with a month-long "Eat Healthy" program that promotes and supports New Year's resolutions to improve your health with a vegetarian diet. The program will include lectures by Carmela Wolf, Down to Earth Wellness Manager of the Honolulu location, and weekly in-store cooking demos. In addition, the regularly scheduled cooking classes at all locations will feature special menus.

Down to Earth was awarded the Vegetarian Website Award for excellence in vegetarian information, by VegOnline.org on Nov. 11, 2011. VegOnline is one of the nation's leading websites for vegetarian information. "We understand the value of free, accessible information regarding vegetarian and veganism: great recipes, insightful articles, and tips to make people’s diets that much healthier. Down to Earth helps further the vegetarian cause, and we think you should be honored as such," says Evan Driscoll, Senior Editor of VegOnline.

Star Advertiser

Wednesday - September 28, 2011

Hawaii's two largest kamaaina supermarket chains have agreed to stop selling freshly killed pork from a taxpayer-subsidized slaughterhouse on Oahu. The move could shut down island's only slaughterhouse for lack of profitability, but that would reflect supply and demand, with a significant nudge by animal rights activists. The state should refrain from intervening further after throwing good money after bad in recent years.

Non-Stop Honolulu

Monday - September 12, 2011

by Melissa Chang

As you know, Kanu Hawaii is challenging people to take their Eat Local Challenge throughout September — this means eating locally produced products as much as possible, all month long. Whether you eat out or cook at home, though, it doesn’t have to be as big a challenge as you think it is.